Cynthia Ozick

To be a Jew is an act of the strenuous mind as it stands before the fakeries and lying seductions of the world, saying no and no again as they parade by in all their allure. And to be a writer is to plunge into the parade and become one of the delirious marchers.

American Novelist

Stephen Rodrick

I've seen few things more depressing than the end-of-season Giants-Padres series in 2001 in which Barry Bonds hit his 68th homer of the year while a .227-hitting, rapidly fossilizing Rickey Henderson staggered like a delirious marathoner toward 3,000 hits.

American Journalist

Saqib Saleem

The traffic is getting worse everyday and thus making people do things they ideally wouldn't do and you can't blame them as sitting in their cars getting baked in the sun for at least a couple of hours everyday would turn anyone delirious.

Indian Actor

J. Michael Straczynski

I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward your intent. Usually. It just doesn't always do it in the way you expect.

American Producer

Martin H. Fischer

When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors.

American Physicist

Quinton Jackson

I was delirious, and I turned to the Bible, and in my mind, I thought I was a god. I thought, you know, I'm son of God, so my father's God, so I'm a god, too.

American Mixed Martial Artist

Kevin Barry

Frazzled and delirious, as I've just finished a new book of stories. I feel like Moses staggering down the mountainside with the tablets of stone.

Irish Author

M. J. Hyland

I've never experienced writer's block. When it's going really well, my body temperature goes up, and I'm flushed. I get quite delirious.

English Author

Samuel Eto'o

With Barca, we won the Champions League after many years of disappointment, and the fans went delirious.

Cameroonian Athlete

Jacqueline du Pre

Playing lifts you out of yourself into a delirious place.

English Musician

Used to express very strong feelings, often positive but sometimes negative.

Extreme Emotion

Although often associated with happiness, it can also indicate distress or confusion.

Not Always Positive

Can be used metaphorically to describe a surreal or dream-like state.

Metaphorical Use

Indicates a serious mental state caused by illness, usually accompanied by a fever.

Medical Condition

Refers to confusion from illness, not insanity or mental health disorders.

Not Insanity

It implies a temporary state of confusion that should improve with treatment.

Temporary Confusion

 And I feel stiff and delirious and confused most of the time. I itch for my cell phone always. But it is OK. My tiny humans show me how to live and the hum of the universe fills me up.

My year of saying yes to...

 He galloped through his home in a frenzy, handling each item until it took on a lustrous sheen. Soon the palace heaved with gold, and Midas’s delirious laughter echoed off the walls.

Delirious